High School Surprises Janitor With $1,900 So He Can Visit His Granddaughter for the First Time

Yahoo News ^ | 6/6/14 | Ralphie Aversa

[Kartographer]

But the celebration over one of the school's teams was just a ruse. That soon became apparent when Principal Chris Glass grabbed the microphone.

"Somebody has made a huge mess again in this gymnasium," Glass told the gathered students and faculty. "Oh no. What to do?"

Spaulding was called in to the gym and cleaned up in a much different way — students presented him with a check for $1,900, money that they had begun collecting earlier in the year. The funds will be used to fly his family to Italy to visit his son Jacob, who is stationed there with the U.S. Navy. Spaulding has not seen his son in a year and has yet to meet his new granddaughter. The latest addition to the family is named Harper Elaine, and she just turned 2 months old.

[Kartographer]

I am sure Obama would have preferred they donated the money to fly someone from Guantanamo home.

[lowbridge]

Bump

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Students collected the money? And the teachers didn’t steal it?

[Rusty0604]

That’s a good story, thanks for posting.

[leapfrog0202]

Thanks for this Kartographer, what a great thing for those students and teachers to do.

[RedMDer]

Excellent! Bravo cheers to the school, students and the janitor who must be very deserving.
Thanks for posting!

[workerbee]

Wow, that’s really something. Thanks for posting.

[Bigg Red]

Nice story. Thanks for posting.